pileated adjective. ['pʌɪlɪeɪtɪd] E18.
[from Latin pileatus capped, formed as PILEUS: see -ATE², -ED¹.]
Chiefly Zoology. Having a cap; esp. (of a bird) having a conspicuous cap or crest.
pileated woodpecker a N. American woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus, with a prominent red cap.

■ pileate adjective (esp. Botany, of fungi) having a pileus or cap E19.

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